Am I lucky? [PIC]

simo110 · Jan 4, 2011

Hi everyone, Its me again with a new shot for c&c.
Just to be honest, this photo was taken about a year ago and never meant to be the way it looks now. It actually was taken with just a portable media player that has a camera (with 6 mpixels in fact).
I cropped it a little bit, played around with brightness and contrast, turned it b&w and this is what I came up with.
I get the feeling that this is really a great shot and I need some c&c to see what people would think of it.
PS: Back then I had no idea what exposure or any photography related term is; so the continuous line of the cars lights, which I now understand it resulted from a long exposure, was just a coincidence.
Thank you all!

o hey tyler · Jan 4, 2011

The shot doesn't do much for me... What about it speaks to you?

robb01 · Jan 4, 2011

I think you are unlucky

Geaux · Jan 4, 2011

It says "I'm an out of focus fountain" to me. lol

Personally not a fan.

simo110 · Jan 4, 2011

What a disappointment!! I was thinking this is a good photo, but it seems no body likes it

photorookie12 · Jan 4, 2011

I see that this could be interesting, but there are too many things wrong with it. The fountain is out of focus, there is too much road in the foreground (not to mention the car tail-lights). Picture would probably improve slightly if you cut away the road and car, but the composition is still a bit off. Can't win'em all.

DerekMellott · Jan 4, 2011

This photo is blurry, off kilter, the car does not add to it and the "lit tree?" in front of the fountain is distracting.

If you like it then enjoy it.

Unless your getting paid don't worry if other people like what you do, but if you ask for criticism then take the comments in and try to learn from them. You don't have to invest in any comment too much, it is just an opinion.

Taking good night photos with with a poor quality camera can be very difficult but a good picture does not have to have great image quality. Start with an interesting subject and find good composition.

Keep working on it, take a ton of pictures, you will get some gems! Learn from the good and the bad, what worked and what didn't. Then go out and shoot some more.